As Facebook faces fire, heat turns up on No. 2 Sandberg
6 years, 1 month ago

As Facebook faces fire, heat turns up on No. 2 Sandberg

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — For the past decade, Sheryl Sandberg has been the poised, reliable second-in-command to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, helping steer Facebook’s rapid growth around the world, while also cultivating her brand in ways that hint at aspirations well beyond the social network. The company’s response — namely, Zuckerberg’s and Sandberg’s — has been slow at best, misleading and obfuscating at worst, as The New York Times reported last week. Galloway said it would look bad for Facebook to fire one of the only top female executives in an industry where women “face inordinately high obstacles to get to leadership positions.” Beyond that, Sandberg has also been a positive force on Facebook. But Levick believes Sandberg can begin to restore her image by acknowledging her role in causing Facebook’s problems instead of blaming external forces beyond her control: “The kneejerk response ‘poor, poor me’ is not the solution.”

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Mark Zuckerberg praises Donald Trump's 'badass' response to assassination attempt
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Mark Zuckerberg praises Donald Trump's 'badass' response to assassination attempt

India TV News  

Washington: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has heaped praises on former US President and Republican presidential candidate for this year's election, Donald Trump, for the latter's response to the recent assassination attempt, calling it "one of the most badass things I've ever seen in my life." The entrepreneur declined to endorse any presidential candidate and said he would not play a …

Meta’s Sheryl Sandberg to exit board after 12 years
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Meta’s Sheryl Sandberg to exit board after 12 years

The Hindu  

Meta’s former chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, announced that she is leaving the company’s board after more than a decade. One of the most influential women in Silicon Valley, Sandberg, 54, will depart the board as the tech juggernaut behind Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram faces increased regulatory scrutiny. “With a heart filled with gratitude and a mind filled with memories, …

Zuckerberg: King of the Metaverse, review: how Facebook changed (then ruined) the world
1 year ago

Zuckerberg: King of the Metaverse, review: how Facebook changed (then ruined) the world

The Telegraph  

Remember when Facebook seemed harmless? In Zuckerberg: King of the Metaverse, one former executive put it this way: “When I first joined, movies were being made; the founder was on the cover of Time magazine; you’re overthrowing dictators. Now, you’re being told you destroyed democracy.” The film traced Facebook from Zuckerberg’s invention to world domination and scandals involving data harvesting, …

Facebook parent settles suit in Cambridge Analytica scandal
2 years, 4 months ago

Facebook parent settles suit in Cambridge Analytica scandal

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook’s corporate parent has reached a tentative settlement in a lawsuit alleging the world’s largest social network service allowed millions of its users’ personal information to be fed to Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump’s victorious presidential campaign in 2016. Terms of the settlement reached by Meta Platforms, the holding company for Facebook and Instagram, …

Sheryl Sandberg’s complicated legacy
2 years, 7 months ago

Sheryl Sandberg’s complicated legacy

The Hindu  

Facebook’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg announced that she will be leaving the social network in the fall to pursue philanthropic work. Britain-based consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, that managed former U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign, agreed that it used nearly 30 million personally identifiable data of users from Facebook. Ms. Sandberg is partly responsible for Facebook’s failures as …

Sheryl Sandberg leaves Facebook at a tough time
2 years, 7 months ago

Sheryl Sandberg leaves Facebook at a tough time

The Hindu  

Facebook’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg announced she will be leaving the social network in the fall to pursue philanthropic work. In a 2018 interview to the Forbes, WhatsApp co-founder recalled a meeting with Sandberg on his plan of charging the messaging app’s users a fraction of a penny after sending a certain number of free messages. The interview shares …

Sheryl Sandberg, long Facebook’s No. 2 exec, steps down
2 years, 7 months ago

Sheryl Sandberg, long Facebook’s No. 2 exec, steps down

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Sheryl Sandberg, the No. As the company’s second most-recognized face — after CEO Mark Zuckerberg — Sandberg has also become a polarizing figure amid revelations of how some of her business decisions for Facebook helped propagate misinformation and hate speech. But she added that Facebook faced “huge scandals” under Sandberg’s watch — including the 2016 U.S. presidential …

Sheryl Sandberg stepping down after 14 years as Facebook’s No. 2
2 years, 7 months ago

Sheryl Sandberg stepping down after 14 years as Facebook’s No. 2

LA Times  

2 at Facebook parent Meta Platforms, announced Wednesday that she is stepping down after 14 years. Sandberg announced Wednesday that she’ll soon step down as COO of Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc., leaving an enterprise almost unrecognizable from the one she joined. The new name was a nod to the company’s growing interest in the “metaverse” — a trendy …

Sheryl Sandberg quits Facebook owner Meta after 14 years
2 years, 7 months ago

Sheryl Sandberg quits Facebook owner Meta after 14 years

The Telegraph  

Sheryl Sandberg, the woman dubbed Mark Zuckerberg’s most valuable friend, has quit her second-in-command role at Facebook owner Meta after 14 years. In a separate post on Facebook, Mr Zuckerberg, the company’s chief executive and founder, called Ms Sandberg’s departure “the end of an era”. Mr Zuckerberg hired Ms Sandberg as the social media giant’s first chief operating officer in …

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen slams 'Meta' rebrand
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen slams 'Meta' rebrand

The Hindu  

Former Facebook employee turned whistleblower Frances Haugen on November 1 slammed Facebook's rebrand as she reiterated her accusation that the company prioritized expansion over people's safety. Haugen had leaked internal documents that sparked weeks of criticism of the social media giant before CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced changing the name of Facebook's parent company to "Meta." Asked if Zuckerberg should step …

Meta and the Facebook Papers: Why Mark Zuckerberg has nothing to fear
3 years, 2 months ago

Meta and the Facebook Papers: Why Mark Zuckerberg has nothing to fear

Salon  

With great fanfare on Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced his company's much-anticipated name change. A former Facebook employee named Frances Haugen has been releasing a steady stream of leaked documents showing that Facebook knew its social media networks were being used to spread misinformation, stoke often genocidal levels of conflict, and undermine people's mental health — but did little …

Rocked by longest Facebook outage and whistleblower revelations, Mark Zuckerberg loses $7 bn in hours
3 years, 3 months ago

Rocked by longest Facebook outage and whistleblower revelations, Mark Zuckerberg loses $7 bn in hours

Firstpost  

The stock slide on Monday sent Zuckerberg’s worth down to $121.6 billion, dropping him below Bill Gates to number 5 on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index A damning whistleblower account and outages that hit Facebook Inc’s flagship products such as WhatsApp and Instagram have led to a decline in Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth by more than $7 billion in a few …

Insider Q&A: Sophie Zhang, Facebook whistleblower
3 years, 7 months ago

Insider Q&A: Sophie Zhang, Facebook whistleblower

Associated Press  

Sophie Zhang worked as a Facebook data scientist for nearly three years before was she fired in the fall of 2020. Zhang’s experience led her to a stark conclusion: “I have blood on my hands.” Facebook has not disputed the facts of Zhang’s story but has sought to diminish the importance of her findings. “We fundamentally disagree with Ms. Zhang’s …

Republicans and Mark Zuckerberg want you to know they are not to blame for their own fake news on Facebook
3 years, 9 months ago

Republicans and Mark Zuckerberg want you to know they are not to blame for their own fake news on Facebook

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy House Republicans …

Facebook unlikely to lift Trump ban, confirms COO Sheryl Sandberg
4 years ago

Facebook unlikely to lift Trump ban, confirms COO Sheryl Sandberg

India Today  

Facebook seems to be in no mood to lift the ban on US President Donald Trump. The social media giant had banned Trump indefinitely for encouraging rioters who had marched into the US Capitol building when US Congress was certifying Joe Biden as the next US President. In the Reuters Next conference, Sandberg said that she was happy that Facebook …

Timeline: After years of slow steps, Facebook muzzles Trump
4 years ago

Timeline: After years of slow steps, Facebook muzzles Trump

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Nov. 10, 2016: Days after Trump's election, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls the idea …

Facebook fires employee critical of CEO Mark Zuckerberg for calling out colleague's inaction over Black Lives Matter
4 years, 7 months ago

Facebook fires employee critical of CEO Mark Zuckerberg for calling out colleague's inaction over Black Lives Matter

ABC  

Facebook has fired an employee who criticised CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision not to take action against inflammatory posts by US President Donald Trump. Key points: Brandon Dail said he stood by what he wrote Facebook confirmed Mr Dail's reasons for dismissal Alphabet's Google fired at least five workplace activists late last year, while Amazon dismissed critics of warehouse conditions during …

Column: Mark Zuckerberg just made the case for breaking up Facebook
4 years, 7 months ago

Column: Mark Zuckerberg just made the case for breaking up Facebook

LA Times  

The problem with giant corporations sometimes isn’t simply that they’re too big, but that their sense of their social impact is too small. A meeting he held with several civil rights leaders protesting the decision to leave up the Trump posts ended in disaster, when the leaders issued a statement calling Zuckerberg’s explanation “incomprehensible.”.while Twitter tagged a similar Trump tweet …

Mark Zuckerberg Believes Only in Mark Zuckerberg
4 years, 7 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg Believes Only in Mark Zuckerberg

Wired  

What does Mark Zuckerberg believe? Yet Zuckerberg allowed Facebook employees to help Trump use Facebook more effectively, certainly contributing to the electoral college win. Over the past two weeks these questions have taken on a new urgency as Facebook employees have for the first time publicly voiced anger and frustration with Zuckerberg’s decision to protect Trump’s calls for state violence …

Facebook Employees Take the Rare Step to Call Out Mark Zuckerberg
55 years ago

Facebook Employees Take the Rare Step to Call Out Mark Zuckerberg

Wired  

What happens when an immovable object meets a disgruntled workforce? CEO Mark Zuckerberg has consistently refused to budge from allowing politicians—most conspicuously, Donald J. Trump—to post content that would violate the company’s rules against harm and misinformation. Another Facebook exec, Ryan Freitas, director of News Feed product design, wrote, “Mark is wrong, and I will endeavor in the loudest possible …

Facebook and Twitter clash over fact-checking as Trump threats intensify
4 years, 7 months ago

Facebook and Twitter clash over fact-checking as Trump threats intensify

CNN  

New York CNN Business — For years, Twitter and Facebook have enjoyed a healthy rivalry: They’ve competed for acquisitions, talent and advertising dollars, and sometimes gone so far as to copy each others’ features in the never-ending pursuit to grow their audiences. But the clash between the two tech companies appeared to take on new life this week after Twitter’s …

Remove Zuckerberg and Sandberg from Facebook: Soros
4 years, 10 months ago

Remove Zuckerberg and Sandberg from Facebook: Soros

India TV News  

Billionaire philanthropist George Soros on Tuesday called for the removal of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Shreyl Sandberg over the company's policy on political ads in the US presidential election year. "The company doesn't need to wait for regulations to stop accepting political ads until after the November election," said Soros. Unlike Twitter, which has completely banned political ads, …

Facebook's political ad policy allows spread of misinformation, says US Democratic panel
5 years, 1 month ago

Facebook's political ad policy allows spread of misinformation, says US Democratic panel

Firstpost  

The panel said it felt Facebook had not devoted enough resources to detecting inauthentic behavior. Facebook’s policy on paid political Facebook has been reviewing its policies following criticism from lawmakers and regulators over a decision not to fact-check ads run by politicians, with Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg saying it does not want to stifle political speech. In the letter that …

Civil rights activists meet Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to discuss fact-checking political ads
5 years, 2 months ago

Civil rights activists meet Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to discuss fact-checking political ads

Firstpost  

Ahead of the US presidential election in November 2020, Facebook’s policy has also been slammed by Democratic candidates Civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton said he had a “no-holds-barred meeting” with Mark Zuckerberg at the Facebook Inc CEO’s home on Monday over the company’s decision not to fact-check ads and other content from politicians. The meeting, which Sharpton said lasted …

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg wields excessive power, former colleague says
5 years, 2 months ago

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg wields excessive power, former colleague says

ABC  

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has too much control over the company and lacks accountability, according to one of his former senior executives. The social media company also needs to take "more responsibility" for its "negative effects" on the world to regain the public's trust, said Stephen Scheeler — who led Facebook's Australian and New Zealand office from 2013–17. "I …

Buttigieg calls Facebook’s political ad policy a ‘mistake’
5 years, 2 months ago

Buttigieg calls Facebook’s political ad policy a ‘mistake’

Associated Press  

NASHUA, New Hampshire — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said Thursday that he believes Facebook’s policy to not filter out phony political ads is “a mistake” and that breaking up big tech companies should be “on the table.” The social media giant has “a responsibility to pull false advertising and. Buttigieg’s aides confirmed this week that his campaign hired two …

Before testimony, Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook damage control fails
5 years, 2 months ago

Before testimony, Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook damage control fails

LA Times  

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been on yet another damage control tour in recent days, in advance of testimony before Congress on Wednesday. You’d think by now that Zuckerberg would have learned how to feign concern when asked about Facebook’s accountability in undermining democratic elections, giving voice to hate groups and disseminating an astonishing amount of fake news. Zuckerberg said …

As Zuckerberg defends false Trump ads, critics say Facebook's assault on democracy must be stopped
5 years, 2 months ago

As Zuckerberg defends false Trump ads, critics say Facebook's assault on democracy must be stopped

Salon  

Amid the ongoing debate over Facebook's policy of exempting political advertising from its "misinformation" standards, a "defiant" speech on free expression delivered Thursday by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has elevated broader concerns about how powerful tech giants are "poisoning the well of our democracy." Facebook's recent revision of its political ad policy, first reported on earlier this month by journalist …

Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook empowers a peoples’ ‘fifth estate’ to effect change
5 years, 2 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook empowers a peoples’ ‘fifth estate’ to effect change

LA Times  

Questions about how Facebook Inc. regulates speech are nothing new for Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg. He said Facebook, with its enormous size and scale, offers people a new kind of power, which he called “a fifth estate alongside the other power structures in our society.” In his speech, Zuckerberg said internet services like Facebook can still protect free expression while …

Ahead of 2020, FB ensnared in heated political climate
5 years, 3 months ago

Ahead of 2020, FB ensnared in heated political climate

Associated Press  

Mark Zuckerberg defended meetings he’s reportedly had with conservative leaders after #DeleteFacebook began trending on social media. Politico reported this week that the Facebook CEO held private meetings with, among others, Fox News’ Tucker Carlson and conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt. Those charges are surfacing again ahead of the 2020 election, with Democratic candidates Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren …

Warren escalates Facebook fight with ad targeting Zuckerberg
5 years, 3 months ago

Warren escalates Facebook fight with ad targeting Zuckerberg

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has escalated her tiff with Facebook by running an ad — on Facebook — taking aim at its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. Warren, who in March proposed breaking up big tech companies, began running a text ad on Facebook last Thursday to take aim at Zuckerberg. It then goes on to say that …

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg to discuss ‘internet regulation’ with U.S. senators
5 years, 3 months ago

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg to discuss ‘internet regulation’ with U.S. senators

The Hindu  

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is on Capitol Hill this week to meet with senators as the social media giant faces scrutiny from both the Federal Trade Commission and members of Congress, the company confirmed on Wednesday. Privacy issues It is Mr. Zuckerberg 's first trip to Washington since April 2018, when he fielded 10 hours of questions over two …

Facebook can’t be taken down, but Zuckerberg can be taken down a notch
5 years, 4 months ago

Facebook can’t be taken down, but Zuckerberg can be taken down a notch

The Hindu  

This is a blog post from It is hard to associate Facebook and most of Big Tech with anything positive right now. It’s not perfect in concept, hasn’t been released yet, and does not do nearly enough to calm concerns around Facebook’s conduct towards user privacy. Zuckerberg has in fact admitted to Facebook’s power on free speech itself, stating, “Lawmakers …

Live updates: Mark Zuckerberg addresses privacy and regulation
5 years, 6 months ago

Live updates: Mark Zuckerberg addresses privacy and regulation

CNN  

I can kind of get why, politically, saying you want to break up the companies feels nice.” Many people have made the argument for breaking up Facebook, including Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes and Democratic presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren. Being smaller doesn’t make the issues any different, he said, pointing to services with far fewer users such as Reddit and …

Mark Zuckerberg makes his case for not breaking up Facebook
5 years, 6 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg makes his case for not breaking up Facebook

CNN  

San Francisco CNN Business — Mark Zuckerberg can’t think of a single reason to break up Facebook, even as lawmakers call to dismantle or regulate major US tech platforms. “The question that I think we have to grapple with is that breaking up these companies wouldn’t make any of those problems better,” Zuckerberg said in a conversation with Harvard law …

Sheryl Sandberg reiterates her call to regulate Facebook
5 years, 6 months ago

Sheryl Sandberg reiterates her call to regulate Facebook

India Today  

Calls to break up big tech companies like Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon are intestifying in the US. Now, speaking to the media on the sidelines of a film festival, Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg has reiterated her initial thoughts - and that of the Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg - on need for the social media giant to be …

Sheryl Sandberg claims Facebook is working with the FBI and homeland security on 2020 election
5 years, 7 months ago

Sheryl Sandberg claims Facebook is working with the FBI and homeland security on 2020 election

Daily Mail  

Facebook is partnering with two powerful federal agencies to identify and eliminate foreign meddling on the social media platform in the lead-up to the 2020 election. Sheryl Sandberg said in an interview on CBS This Morning that the embattled company has 'war rooms in place' and 'a working relationship with the FBI and homeland security,' that are all meant to …

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg calls for more outside regulation
5 years, 9 months ago

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg calls for more outside regulation

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg called Saturday for more outside regulation in several areas in which the social media site has run into problems over the past few years: harmful content, election integrity, privacy and data portability. But if we were starting from scratch, we wouldn’t ask companies to make these judgments alone.” More regulation over what constitutes …

UK Parliament calls Facebook digital gangster in report on fake news, says it considers itself above law
5 years, 10 months ago

UK Parliament calls Facebook digital gangster in report on fake news, says it considers itself above law

India Today  

It seems Facebook isn't out of the woods yet. And now, the committee in its final report has labelled Facebook a "digital gangster" for violating user privacy, bullying small tech companies and developers and deliberately misleading the investigators looking into its data practices. "Companies like Facebook should not be allowed to behave like digital gangsters in the online world, considering …

Here's What You Need To Know About Facebook's Colossally Bad Year
6 years ago

Here's What You Need To Know About Facebook's Colossally Bad Year

Huff Post  

In November, Facebook admitted that it hired a Republican opposition research firm to dig up dirt on billionaire philanthropist and prominent Democratic donor George Soros, a frequent target of anti-Semitic, right-wing conspiracy theories. The social media giant enlisted the help of Definers Public Affairs last year, initially for tracking media coverage, after widespread criticism of the way Facebook largely dismissed …

Facebook dismisses media report claiming 'frustrated' fact checkers are ending partnership with company
6 years, 1 month ago

Facebook dismisses media report claiming 'frustrated' fact checkers are ending partnership with company

Firstpost  

Facebook has dismissed a media report that claimed journalists working as fact checkers for the social media giant are frustrated and are ending partnerships as the company failed to use their expertise to combat misinformation. San Francisco: Facebook has dismissed a media report that claimed journalists working as fact checkers for the social media giant are frustrated and are ending …

Facebook's Sandberg asked staff to research philanthropist George Soros finances
6 years, 1 month ago

Facebook's Sandberg asked staff to research philanthropist George Soros finances

Firstpost  

Soros called Facebook a “menace,” Sandberg thinks he had financial motivations against it. Facebook said its executive, Sheryl Sandberg, asked staff to investigate whether billionaire philanthropist George Soros, in calling the company a “menace,” had financial motivations against it. Friday’s statement from Facebook is in response to a New York Times article that describes Sandberg asking Facebook staff to look …

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg asked staff to look into critic George Soros
6 years, 1 month ago

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg asked staff to look into critic George Soros

Firstpost  

Sheryl Sandberg asked staff to look into whether Soros had a financial interest in tarnishing Facebook. Facebook on Thursday said that chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg asked staff to look into whether billionaire critic George Soros had a financial interest in tarnishing the social network. The outgoing head of Facebook’s communications team last week took responsibility for the controversial hiring …

Sheryl Sandberg asked Facebook staff to research George Soros
6 years, 1 month ago

Sheryl Sandberg asked Facebook staff to research George Soros

Live Mint  

Sheryl Sandberg asked Facebook’s communications staff to research George Soros’ financial interests in the wake of his high-profile attacks on tech companies, according to three people with knowledge of her request, indicating that Facebook’s second in command was directly involved in the social network’s response to the liberal billionaire. Facebook later commissioned a campaign-style opposition research effort by Definers Public …

Why is Facebook caught in a crisis?
6 years, 1 month ago

Why is Facebook caught in a crisis?

The Hindu  

What are the problems? The crises stem from several sources, most notably Russian operatives interested in influencing the outcome of the 2016 election through information warfare, controversies over Facebook’s internal response to the Russian campaign and the consequent tensions between Facebook’s cybersecurity chief Alex Stamos and others, especially its CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg and chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg. …

Facebook's outgoing comms head takes fall for hiring firm that digs up on critics
6 years, 1 month ago

Facebook's outgoing comms head takes fall for hiring firm that digs up on critics

Firstpost  

Schrage conceded that Definers’ got carried away in its work to discredit Facebook’s critics. Facebook’s outgoing head of communications is taking the blame for hiring Definers, the public relations firm doing opposition research on the company’s critics, including billionaire philanthropist George Soros. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg also didn’t mention Schrage’s role in hiring and working with Definers in an interview …

No Plans Of Leaving: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Fires Back At Critics
6 years, 1 month ago

No Plans Of Leaving: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Fires Back At Critics

NPR  

No Plans Of Leaving: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Fires Back At Critics Enlarge this image toggle caption Chesnot/Getty Images Chesnot/Getty Images Despite calls for his resignation, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is not planning to step down. Earlier this month, a damming New York Times investigation alleged that Zuckerberg, his lieutenant Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and others at …

Outgoing Facebook exec takes the fall for company’s missteps in D.C.
6 years, 1 month ago

Outgoing Facebook exec takes the fall for company’s missteps in D.C.

CNN  

New York and Washington D.C. CNN — Facebook’s outgoing head of communications has taken the blame for working with a Washington, DC public affairs firm that spread opposition research about the social media company’s critics. The New York Times reported last week that Facebook had hired the Definers Public Affairs firm and that Sandberg played a central role in the …

Facebook is under renewed fire over how it handled misinformation
6 years, 2 months ago

Facebook is under renewed fire over how it handled misinformation

Live Mint  

Washington/Budapest: Facebook Inc. is coming under renewed fire for how it handled the spread of fake news and misinformation on its social network, including using aggressive tactics to discredit critics. In the wake of a scathing newspaper report on the company’s approach to managing a deepening crisis, Facebook said on Thursday that it ended its work with a Republican public …

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